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"driver's test" and "driving test"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s7xwxTaking a driving test is something that everyone can relate to - a stressful rite of passage for all young people but even more so for autistic people with low self-confidence and poor social skills.

Re: "driver's test" and "driving test"

It's another example of BrE versus AmE.

In BrE, you take a "driving test". In AmE, it's a "driver's test".

I believe that in both BrE and AmE, we have/take "driving lessons". In America, I believe that there are classroom lessons available at school. This is knows as "Drivers' Ed" (Ed is short for Education). We have no such lessons in British schools.